Hu’s ‘State Visit’ Hu’s ‘State Visit’
The visit of Chinese President Hu Jintao underscores the deteriorating US-China relationship, yet the Bush Administration is making matters worse with diplomatic insults to the Ch...
Apr 13, 2006 / Peter Kwong
Suppressing the N.O. Vote Suppressing the N.O. Vote
Fewer than half of New Orleans's black voters will be able to participate in upcoming city elections, thanks to passive opposition from the Bush Administration and listless advocac...
Apr 13, 2006 / The Editors
Stamps for Peace/H.O.P.E. for Darfur Stamps for Peace/H.O.P.E. for Darfur
Giving voice to the majority of Americans who support the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, the antiwar coalition Bring Them Home Now! has created a thirty-nine cent postage sta...
Apr 13, 2006 / Peter Rothberg
Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr: 1924-2006 Reverend William Sloane Coffin, Jr: 1924-2006
"Clearly the trick in life is to die young as late as possible," wrote Reverend William Sloane Coffin in his last book, Credo. Bill Coffin, as his friends knew him, was o...
Apr 13, 2006 / Adam Howard
Letters Letters
'DRAGON SLAYER' NO SAINT GEORGE? Palo Alto, Calif.
Apr 12, 2006 / Mark Hertsgaard, Our Readers, and Max Blumenthal
Talking Sense On Iran Talking Sense On Iran
What will the U.S. do about Iran? Sanction? Bomb? Invade? How about... nothing. That's right, nothing.
Apr 12, 2006 / John Nichols
Dean: No Dem Position on Gitmo Dean: No Dem Position on Gitmo
In Time magazine this week, Joe Klein describes how John Kerry responded to the revelations of torture at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison in May 2004 by holding a focus group in Arkansas....
Apr 12, 2006 / Ari Berman
Haditha, Iraq Haditha, Iraq
As the Los Angeles Times reported on Saturday, this much is known to be true: On November 19, after a roadside bomb killed Lance Cpl. Miguel Terrazas, 15 Iraqi civilians – inclu...
Apr 12, 2006 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Now Powell Tells Us Now Powell Tells Us
The former Secretary of State says he and his department's top experts never believed that Iraq posed an imminent nuclear threat, but this made little difference to President Bush.
Apr 12, 2006 / Column / Robert Scheer
The Gospel of Scooter The Gospel of Scooter
A political nightmare, with a scriptural spin, tells the true story of two nefarious lords and their faithful servant.
Apr 12, 2006 / Feature / Richard Lingeman